While I am not a 357 Mag kind of guy, I have a bunch of friends that are.
I do think that the 357's ability to use all the 38 Special loads make it a good choice for a lot of people.

My favorite revolver is a 44 Mag. I carry different loads for the city, vs the country. And different loads for the country, depending on "where" in the country I am...

I have spent a lot of time hunting in black bear and brown bear country.
There, I have carried my 240gr HARD cast full power 44 Mag loads, Federal 300gr Cast Core or Garrett's 44 Mag loads.

On my deer lease, where there are no bears, but big hogs, my field load is a 240 gr Hard Cast bullet over 9.2gr of Unique...

In the city, I carry factory 44 Mag loads designed for personal protection, such as the Speer 200gr Short barreled load, the Corbon 165 gr 44 Mag load, or the Remington 240gr Scalloped Jacketed HP load, the Federal 240gr Hydra Shock, etc.

In other words I taylor my carry ammo to the Job at hand.

So in a 357 Mag I would do the following.

In the field I would carry a hard cast 158gr SWC, or the Federal Cast Core, or similar Buffalo Bore or Cor Bon ammo.

In the City I would carry a 357 Mag 125gr load, or if the recoil was more than I liked, I would carry a 38 Special +P or +P+ load in the 125 to 127 gr weight, or the 38 Special 158gr +P lead SWC HP, which has done very good in actual shootings I am aware of...